These hungry caterpillars could mean trouble. Look at these leaves – decimated – defoliated up and down – last year in the Connecticut River Valley, over 175,000 acres of trees - all thanks to the gypsy moth caterpillar.

So what could stop the very hungry caterpillars from making a hole-y mess?

“Pray for rain," Stafford said. "Do some rain dances.”

Rain now creates the gypsy moth fungus and that keeps the caterpillars in check.

“We don’t see outbreaks as frequently, as long as we get the rain in spring, early summer that’s needed for the fungus to propagate,” said Stafford.